POLICE used a stinger to stop a car which was driven the wrong way around the M25 after it failed to stop for officers in Godstone.

The black Vauxhall Astra was followed from the A22 down the motorway's exit slip road at junction 6 in the early hours of Saturday (June 2).

The car was driven along the hard shoulder in the wrong direction, with clockwise M25 traffic passing it, before the stinger was activated on the M26 in Kent.

The dramatic chase began at around 4.40am. A police car sustained minor damage but no officers were injured.

Anyone who saw the Vauxhall being driven on the either the A22 or M25 is asked to call Surrey Police on 101, quoting reference TD/12/2410.

Two men were arrested following the incident. Christopher Michael Jones, 26, of Rhyl, Denbighshire, north Wales, was charged with dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen, driving without insurance and breach of bail conditions. He appeared at Staines Magistrates' Court on Monday (June 4), and was remanded in custody to reappear at Redhill Magistrates' Court on June 12.

A 21-year-old man, also from Rhyl, was released on bail until July 20.